Using Bibliotherapy with Aggressive Children Society is full of diverse individuals with different cultures, ethnicities, religions, and views on the world. However, in all parts of the world there are common problems of aggressive behavior among children. If not corrected early in life, children can follow a life of anger that results in crime. One solution is to use literature or books to help change behaviors in children. Bibliotherapy is the use of books to help people solve physical, emotional, and spiritual problems (Riordan, 1989). By sharing stories with children who display aggression, the use of bibliotherapy can be used as a strategy to facilitate behavioral change. Literature Review Aggression is a unique social interaction that is observed in all living animals. Scholars refer to aggression as a method of achieving one's goals. It is the tenacity, hunger, and determination that people embody when they strive to achieve (Abrams, 2014). Children sometimes show reactive aggression or hostile aggression in which the child's goal is to hurt someone. Aggression usually arises from internal anger or from a reaction to a threat or retaliation against the other child (Lopez-Duran PhD, 2009). Multiple other factors have been linked to aggression in children. One of the factors is that the child is overwhelmed by violence. A study conducted among Israeli preschoolers, living in a country at war, showed elevated levels of aggression compared to preschoolers from a less violent country. Community violence, such as gang violence, shapes a child's cognitive development by molding them towards aggressive behavior (Go back and find the war diary). Teach children how to recognize and manage the feelings and actions that cause aggression. document ......July 22, 2014, from http://www.child-psych.org/2009/05/proactive-reactive-aggression-in-children.htmlMcIntyre, T. (2014). Bibliotherapy. Behavioradvisor.com. Retrieved July 24, 2014, from http://www.behavioradvisor.com/Biblio.htmlShechtman, Z. (1999). Bibliotherapy: an indirect approach to the treatment of childhood aggression. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 30(1), 39-53.Shechtman, Z. (2000). An innovative intervention for the treatment of childhood and adolescent aggression: an outcome study. Psychology in Schools, 37(2), 157--167.Shechtman, Z. (2006). The contribution of bibliotherapy to the counseling of aggressive children. Psychotherapy Research, 16(5), 645-651.Shechtman, Z. (2009). Treating aggression in children and adolescents through bibliotherapy (1st ed.). New York, NY: Springer. Shepherd, T., & Iles, L. (1976). What is bibliotherapy?. Language Arts, 569--571.